Petula Clark بيتولا كلارك

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A British actress, singer, and composer born in Ewell, Surrey, UK. She was nominated for several awards including a Golden Globe, a Golden Laurel, and an NME award. She also won 2 Grammys in 1965 and 1966. She became famous at 10 years old in 1942 when she sang for the first time...Read more on the BBC radio, singing for the British forces during WWII. She made her onscreen debut on Medal for the General (1944). Her notable works include The Gay Dog (1954), Finian's Rainbow (1968) and Goodbye Mr. Chips (1969). She married actor and producer Claude Wolff in 1961 and they had 3 children.


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  • A British actress, singer, and composer born in Ewell, Surrey, UK. She was nominated for several awards including a Golden Globe, a Golden Laurel, and an NME award. She also won 2...Read more Grammys in 1965 and 1966. She became famous at 10 years old in 1942 when she sang for the first time on the BBC radio, singing for the British forces during WWII. She made her onscreen debut on Medal for the General (1944). Her notable works include The Gay Dog (1954), Finian's Rainbow (1968) and Goodbye Mr. Chips (1969). She married actor and producer Claude Wolff in 1961 and they had 3 children.

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  • She was awarded a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1998 for her services to music, and she was also awarded the Order of Arts and Letters from France in 2012 in recognition of her distinguished career in France.
  • She was the first British solo artist to win a Grammy Award, and the first British pop singer in the rock era to have a No. 1 song in the United States. She recorded more than 1,000 songs and sold more than 70 million records worldwide, making her the best-selling British singer in the world.
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  • Nationality:
  • UK

  • Birth Name:
  • Petula Sally Olwen Clark

  • Nickname in English:
  • Pet / Our pet / Al Grant


  • Birth Country:
  • UK

  • Birth City:
  • Surrey



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